Gematria is an ancient practice of assigning numerical values to words in order to uncover deeper meanings. Individuals who practice Gematria use a gematria calculator, which serves as a tool to convert words into their numerical equivalent. Gematria is commonly used by those who study Kabbalah, Judaism, and other esoteric mysticism. Gematria calculators vary in complexity and functionality, but generally, they all work in the same way.
To use a Gematria calculator, the user must first input the desired word or phrase using Hebrew characters. The results will then appear onscreen. Depending on the specific calculator one is using, it can show simple numerical translations or much more complicated interpretations of the word or phrase based on numeric equivalents within the Hebrew alphabet. This can be done by adding together the numeric values of individual letters; for example, Aleph has a value of 1 and Tau has a value of 400—so if someone wanted to decipher Aleph Tau (את), they would add 1+400 for a total sum of 401.
Gematria calculators can provide various definitions for each calculated sum; for instance, if the number 401 comes up when calculating the phrase Aleph Tau (את), one calculator might give a kabbalistic interpretation such as "Absolute Unity" while another might assign a spiritual significance such as "Divine Consciousness" or "God's Will at Work"
Advanced gematria calculators also offer additional features such as analyzing key words found within passages from various ancient texts, like Torah or Torah related texts and discovering their correlation with each other and other meaningful words or phrases. This type of study is known as "gematriya"- Gematriya analysis involves uncovering correlations between nouns and connecting them with symbolic meanings behind the original words written in sacred texts — like Torah and Hebrew Bible –in hopes of understanding deeper spiritual truths
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